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Home » US Law » 2022 Alaska Statutes » Title 38. Public Land » Chapter 05. Alaska Land Act » Article 5. Reservation of Rights to Alaska.

Sec. 38.05.125. Reservation.

(a) Each contract for the sale, lease, or grant of state land, and each deed to state land, properties, or interest in state land, made under AS 38.05.045 – 38.05.120, 38.05.321, 38.05.810 – 38.05.825, AS 38.08, or AS 38.50 except as provided in AS 38.50.050 is subject to the following reservations: “The party of the […]

Sec. 38.05.126. Navigable and public water.

(a) The people of the state have a constitutional right to free access to and use of the navigable or public water of the state. (b) The state has full power and control of all of the navigable or public water of the state, both meandered and unmeandered, and the state holds and controls all […]

Sec. 38.05.127. Access to navigable or public water.

(a) Before the sale, lease, grant, or other disposal of any interest in state land adjacent to a body of water or waterway, the commissioner shall, (1) determine if the body of water or waterway is navigable water, public water, or neither; (2) upon finding that the body of water or waterway is navigable or […]

Sec. 38.05.128. Obstructions to navigable water.

(a) A person may not obstruct or interfere with the free passage or use by a person of any navigable water unless the obstruction or interference is (1) authorized by law or regulation or by a permit issued by a state agency; (2) exempt under 33 U.S.C. 1344(f) (Clean Water Act); (3) caused by the […]

Sec. 38.05.130. Damages and posting of bond.

Rights may not be exercised by the state, its lessees, successors, or assigns under the reservation as set out in AS 38.05.125 until the state, its lessees, successors, or assigns make provision to pay the owner of the land full payment for all damages sustained by the owner, by reason of entering upon the land. […]